Gaurav Arora

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years of experience in engineering leadership.
Expert in building scalable applications across multiple platforms.
Passionate about clean code and exceptional user experiences.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused engineering leader with extensive experience in mobile and web application development.

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Skills

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AndroidJavaJavaScriptKotlinReact NativeSoftware EngineeringSwift (Programming Language)

About

Engineering leader with over 12 years of experience building high-quality & scalable applications. Passionate about clean code, intuitive design, and exceptional user experiences. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams across backend, mobile, and web platforms to drive impactful results. Medium: https://medium.com/@gauravsapiens

Experience

Uber

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Leading the Offers Platform at Uber Eats – a mission-critical system handling billions of requests daily. Our platform enables the creation, distribution, and redemption of billions of dollars in offers across key verticals including Online Food Delivery, Groceries, and Retail.
I manage a high-performing, cross-functional team of engineers across Android, iOS, Web, and Backend.

Staff Software Engineer

Jan 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

Led Driver Experience for Uber Reserve through multiple projects focused on enhancing driver acceptance rates, minimizing last-minute cancellations, and ensuring timely arrivals for Reserve trips.

Senior Software Engineer

Feb 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Played a key role in developing Driver and Rider experiences for High Capacity Vehicles (Uber Bus), leading efforts across multiple platforms including Android, iOS, Web and Backend. Additionally, I engineered tech to securely transmit PINs via audio frequencies, improving the overall user experience and enhancing security.

Zendrive

Senior Software Engineer

Sep 2019 – Jan 2020 · 4 mos

Hike messenger

Senior Mobile Engineer

Feb 2018 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

I played a pivotal role in the core team at Hike Messenger, driving key developments and re-architecting critical legacy codebases to modern MVVM and MVI patterns for improved maintainability and scalability.
I established development guidelines and best practices, fostering a culture of high-quality code. Additionally, I led the development of several new modules, including Rewards and Onboarding, enhancing user experience and functionality.

Sprinklr

3 roles

Associate Director

Promoted

Apr 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

Led a team of 6 mobile engineers and delivered multiple projects, including React Native-based social selling app designed to empower sales teams to maximize their impact on social media platforms.
I also created a messaging SDK that enabled seamless team communication with features such as live video, task management, polls, surveys, and task reporting.
Trained Android & iOS Engineers in the team to React Native and setup architecture that allowed sharing codebase across Android, iOS & Web.

Senior Product Engineer

Mar 2015 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr

Led the development of Sprinklr’s core Android app, ensuring a seamless user experience and high performance. I also engineered Experience Builder, a drag-and-drop platform for instant website and app creation, utilizing Spring, MongoDB, and Elasticsearch.